• Click here to learn about the encore performance of the 2008 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science scheduled for 26 April.

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Eberly College of Science Office of Public Information
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The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science

The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science is a series of Saturday-morning lectures begun in 1995 by a group of Penn State Eberly College of Science faculty in the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry. It was an innovative move for our college because these lectures were designed for the enjoyment and education of average citizens rather than for a specialized audience composed exclusively of scientists, as were our other annual lectures at that time. This initial year was such a huge success that Dean Gregory Geoffroy decided to adopt the lecture series as a college-wide project and to provide it with a budget, from funds provided by Pfizer, which would allow us to upgrade the series in ways designed to enhance its public-outreach mission.
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"Running on Empty?: Strategies for Our Energy Future" is the theme of the 2008 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a series of free public lectures that will begin on Saturday, 26 January. Designed as a free minicourse for the enjoyment and education of residents in Central Pennsylvania communities, the lectures take place on six consecutive Saturday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. on the Penn State University Park campus. (More information about the 2008 lecture series is available here.)

To see all the past lectures in the Frontiers of Science lecture series, click here.